Oh, I miss the Carnival in Las Palmas! Wanted to share with you a number of photos of some of the costumes I saw at parties and simply on the streets of the city during the Carnival. I SO admire the Canarians for their creativity in designing the costumes and for their passion for the dressing up. Some of the costumes were just amazing! And here I’m showing only photos of individuals, not the groups who presented themselves during the Carnival parade at Las Canteras which were usually even more elaborate.
Only one thing puzzles me… why do so many men here dress up as women?

George Lakoff has retired as Distinguished Professor of Cognitive Science and Linguistics at the University of California at Berkeley. He is now Director of the Center for the Neural Mind & Society (cnms.berkeley.edu).